Wild Wings, whose primary mission is to house and care for more than 30 permanently injured birds of prey unable to survive in the wild, has a new non-winged resident.

A bobcat abandoned by its mother in Zoar Valley, south of Buffalo, arrived at Wild Wings — just inside Mendon Ponds Park off Pond Road — two weeks ago.

“She’s full of it,” said Wild Wings director Terry Kozakiewicz, as the female, who will turn 2 this year, scampered around her habitat, filled with hay, platforms, tunnels, toys and trees.

She's full of it now. But she was an extremely fragile newborn, Kozakiewicz said. “She was very underweight, and she had some respiratory distress, so (the mother bobcat) knew she probably wasn’t going to make it."

Mom moved three other offspring to a new den site and wandered off. When it became clear she wasn’t coming back, a wildlife rehabilitator stepped in, rescued the forsaken kitten and restored her to health. However, she couldn’t be released back into the wild (“If there’s no mom to teach them to hunt, they lose the ability,” Kozakiewicz explained), and the wildlife rehabilitator couldn’t house her permanently. That’s when she reached out to Wild Wings.

“She asked us to consider (taking her in), and we said we’d love to,” Kozakiewicz said.

This isn’t the first bobcat to call Wild Wings home. The new bobcat (who has not been named yet — a naming contest is underway) occupies the same space where another bobcat, Tara, lived for most of her 21 years. Tara was born in captivity for the exotic pet trade and declawed by a breeder. She was days from being put down when Wild Wings, a nonprofit that also does educational outreach, swooped in. She died in March after being diagnosed with bone cancer.

Wild Wings wasn’t looking to fill the void created by Tara’s death. “Nothing could ever replace her,” Kozakiewicz said. But it’s happy to provide another animal in need with a home.

Visitors to the facility — open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday through Tuesday — are encouraged to walk slowly by the young bobcat's habitat and keep their voices down, at least for now. As a sign points out, she's still getting used to humans.